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I have succesfully installed Linux Mint 8 to my MacBook, which is a late 09 unibody model (model name says MacBook6,2). I boot this in Boot Camp mode, which is a 'compatiblity' mode for Windows and other OSes.

1. Wifi wasn't working. I installed a restricted driver (requested by that restricted drivers popup thing), but after a few minutes idling, the OS segfaults, kills Xorg (!) and takes me to a prompt. I log in using the text prompt, and type 'startx'.

Xorg reloads, but the Macbook dies - It's frozen and CTRL+ALT+BKSPACE doesn't work. Dmesg while at the prompt says "CPU0: Oops!" and something along the lines of "SEGFAULT in bcom_80211_wlan"...

1. wifi: need to know the hardware.
2. audio - if you can get a terminal in Mint, enter the command "lspci" ... this will give you a list. Look on the list for the troublesome HW. The device ID is for an Intel HD soundcard, which probably means that Cirrus Logic have used an intel chipset. Gnu/linux assignes drivers by chipset, windows does it by vendor (since many vendors use the same chips, this means you don't need so many drivers). The most common reason for no sound on install is that the master volume, or the volume for your default output, is muted.
3. Well done
4. Dimming the screen - usually set in power management
5. pommed seems to have recurring issues on the unibody macbooks. Can you report the exact error?
See.http://blog.adamsbros.org/2009/06/14...y-mode-fnmode/